White v. American Barge Lines

MILLER, District Judge.

The following facts appear from the complaint, which was filed July 19, 1954. Plaintiff is a citizen of Pennsylvania; defendant is a citizen of Delaware. Plaintiff seeks damages in the sum of $85,000. The action arises out of injuries sustained by plaintiff in Pennsylvania on or about August 3, 1951, in falling through an open hatchway of defendant’s barge. Plaintiff, a bargeman or longshoreman employed by Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, had gone upon defendant’s barge with the consent and knowledge and at the direction of the defendant, in order to secure' the barge to…